Matthew Shepard

Jan 15, 2025 | durbin.senate.gov | Matthew Shepard

WATCH: Pam Bondi Equates LGBTQ+ Identity to “Bringing a Heroin Needle to School” Pam Bondi’s record on protecting civil rights is inconsistent and unreliable. Americans deserve an Attorney General that will enforce federal civil rights law, including the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act, and many others.

Nov 11, 2024 | krdo.com | Matthew Shepard

CNN Editorial Research(CNN) — Here is a look at LGBTQ milestones in the United States. LGBTQ is an acronym meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning. The term sometimes is extended to LGBTQIA, to include intersex and asexual groups. Queer is an umbrella term for non-straight people; intersex refers to those whose sex is not clearly defined because of genetic, hormonal, or biological differences; and asexual describes those who don’t experience sexual attraction.

Oct 22, 2024 | metroweekly.com | John Riley |Matthew Shepard

Pebbles LaDime Doe (left) – Photo: Facebook; Daqua Lameek Ritter – Photo: U.S. Department of Justice. A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a Black transgender woman with whom he was romantically involved. Daqua Lameek Ritter was convicted on hate crime charges in February following a four-day trial for the murder of then-24-year-old Dime Doe, also known as Pebbles “LaDime” Doe, a Black transgender woman from Allendale, South Carolina.

Oct 22, 2024 | theroot.com | Phenix S. Halley |Matthew Shepard

Earlier this year, The Root reported on Daqua Lameek Ritter after he was found guilty of the murder of Dime Doe, a transgender woman. Now, he has just been sentenced in the first hate crime case to ever reach federal courts in the United States.

Oct 18, 2024 | lgbtqnation.com | Greg Owen |Matthew Shepard

Convicted killer Daqua Lameek Ritter was sentenced to life in prison following a guilty verdict in the death of Pebbles LaDime “Dime” Doe, a 24-year-old Black transgender South Carolina woman who Ritter was in a relationship with. Ritter is the first individual to be tried and convicted for a hate crime motivated by gender identity under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009.